Earl Sweatshirt
The Coral Reef Academy, a therapeutic reform school right outside the capital of Samoa, is where Thebe Kgositsile, better known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, was sent to just before his final years of high school. After causing some mischief (like cheating on an English assignment) while also struggling with an addiction, his mother […]
Maria Kelly is a 21-year-old rapper based out of Brooklyn, New York, better known as the BK. Her ragers know her as Rico Nasty, and her style is something that was missing in hip-hop. With the rise of the punk rock era in hip-hop, she showed the world that women are ragers too.
The third iteration of the now heralded music-slash-arts festival that is Day for Night opened this past Friday, featuring talks from legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson, as well as Chelsea Manning and Nadya from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, and spoken-word poetry from Saul Williams. However, the night was not just filled with stimulating […]
Who the F*&! is Spooky Black? Nobody anymore because we have Corbin. “See my face when I slide through – Every place I will find you – Everytime we fell apart – Girl I see it in the scars – “ Written by a young man named Corbin Smidzik at the young […]
Don’t you hate it when someone just as old as you says something wiser than anything you’ve probably ever said? What about if what was said, was said in passing and the person who said it seems so nonchalant and careless about what they said, that they sound bored in their delivery, and just kept […]
I like to start most spotlights with the artists’ real name in order for the reader to get that feeling like “huh, they’re just a regular old person with a regular old name”. For Kaytranada however, I will not. You look up his name if you wish to know it so bad, I prefer to […]
Flying Lotus, Captain Murphy, Flylo, Steven Ellison, Juno Lead, Lunchpail, or whatever you call him; is coming to Houston to melt minds at the already mind melting winter festival Day For Night, here in Houston at the Silver Street Studios along with a hundred thousand square feet of art installations and live music, from December […]
The line for the venue hung around the corner filling the street with shaggy teenagers decked out in colorful gear and adults plainly dressed both contributing to a very diverse crowd. Remy Banks killed his set getting the crowd going. Before Earl came on the DJ was warming us up with some beats, “Alright” by […]
2015 has already been an insane year for new releases, Father John Misty’s I Love You Honeybear, Jack U’s album, Toro y Moi’s What For? But where the music industry has really shined is in the hip hop genre. Monumental releases have already hit our ears this year with some of the top MC’s in the game giving us something […]
Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt opens up in his second album, released digitally Monday March 23, and gets deep into the tiny corners of his mind. Even though the album was originally planned to be a “surprise,” fans were ecstatic to finally have new jams, either way. So I, in my haste to listen to the album, bought earphones at […]
Coming home to a bag full of fame can either be a joyful bliss or a ghastly nightmare and it could have very well been both for Odd Future Wolf Gang’s top lyricist Earl Sweatshirt, who returned to state grounds after having been sent away to the Samoan Islands for therapy and soul searching. About […]
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